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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Whats new in Communication Manager 8.6 - two additions

This is in addition to my previous post called Whats new in CallManager 8.6 , two important things I forgot to mention about that topic are:

VC on ISRG2Communication Manager 8.6 added support for meet-me and ad-hoc video conferencing on Cisco routers. Audio conferencing was supported for a while but video was always an issue, not anymore, if you have a G2 ISR (29xx or 39xx series) and in it a PVDM3 DSP components, video conferencing is supported with CUCM 8.6 .

The support is for the following codecs and resolutions: H.263: QCIF and CIF, H.264: QCIF, QSIF, CIF, SIF, 4CIF, 4SIF, VGA, W360p, W448p, and HD 720p.

EnergyWise Power Save Plus This one is an addition to the basic power save mode and is included in CCM 8.6, but can be added to other versions by updating device packs. The power save plus adds the following modes to the device configuration page on Call Manager:

Enable Power Save Plus - Enable the feature.

Phone On Time - When to power the phone up.

Phone Off Time - When to turn the phone off.

Phone Off Idle Timer - Idle timer before initiating power off.

Enable Audio Alert - Ring warning before turning off, or a potential alarm clock for the IT manager ;).

Cisco EnergyWise Domain - Domain name to tie into the one configured on the switch.